well hello welcome to Valencia welcome to the BMW UK press launch of
the i8 roadster now I thought I would do something a little bit different with
this whole press launch thing and that's because I'd like to kind of show you
guys what it's like to actually be on a press launch so I'm gonna film the
entire thing so that you guys can see what it's like to be on press launches
because it's something that's very new to me but also it would be cool to show
you guys but first let me give you a quick room tour because I've never okay
well you know what it's like when you go to hotel rooms they're in spotless
conditions when you arrive but it doesn't take long for you to throw them
upside down so let me show you the room double room because I'm that large I
need two beds but yeah obviously purpose of the whole thing is oh I like that
that's nice Sun cream from BMW so I've got a BMW UK hat Press Club Card
BMW magazine very cool very cool with the AI roadster and she looks like she's
having fun and a bit of information as well just around what the launch looks
like and these are my sunglasses yes so this is really cool hello this is really
cool as well so very nice this is called it's called the Ballneario which in
Spanish is kind of like spa so they've gone to town on this as well very nice
what you do need to see is the view because the view is incredible own
espresso coffee machine as well oh I'll be having some of that but look at the
view oh my word check this it looks absolutely stunning
and you can literally see in the distance there you've got the water
loads of people out already look at that incredible so it's just nice now to take
a little bit of a breather before we go out later on this evening because the
actual driving of the i8 isn't today
so the first thing we're going to do is with the sunglasses on to hide the bags
under my eyes and now to take an i8 roadster right
into the mountains of Valencia now this is the part I'm really looking forward
to let's get going because I want to get there as soon as possible and have as
much time with the car as possible so let's do this Oh
right so I've left the hotel I'm feeling slightly more rejuvenated if you if you
like and as you guys can see oh my word first of all I've got this
beautiful beautiful i8 in Doninngton grey I specifically requested
for the car to be in this color because you guys already have seen a video of
the e copper i8 coupe a which what I took to le mans now I mean look
around me this this is this is what it's about so we are here in Valencia
National Park and the roads are incredible
so before we set off it's probably worth me giving you a bit of a quick overview
of the i8 the roadster the i8 roadster and what's different
etc with regards to the coupe a now for those of you who want to see a full kind
of review of the i8 I'll leave a card up here somewhere for you to go into the
full details this is gonna be mainly about experiencing what it's like to
drive out here in beautiful beautiful Spain but it's also important to point
out a couple of things which are slightly different now of course the
first noticeable difference other than this beautiful color now the Donington
grey is a new color for the car and I think it looks absolutely beautiful it
just pops it looks really nice but the thing with the Roadster and as you get
with most roadsters of course these the double humps if you like which for me
make the i8 look look more aggressive I prefer the look of the i8 Roadster
personally than the coupe and don't get me wrong it's not that I don't like
the coupe a I just think this looks beautiful I think it just the lines you
know they manage to keep you know the iconic you know the windbreaker here if
you like you can they can see through here you've still got you know it's it's
there for style but it's also there for purpose but the way the lines all kind
of go up here into the top of the I think they call buttresses I'm not
entirely sure we're going to go with humps and you can see it just it just
it looks great as we open up the doors and we look inside the cabin I have the
big difference I'm not sure how much of you can how much you can actually see of
this but obviously being a roadster you lose the rear seats so you've actually
got I think it's a hundred 100 litres extra storage space out the back
here which is actually a really nice touch because one of the things that
I've found in the i8 coupe was actually it's a 2+2 but can you really house
people in the back of it maybe kids I think the blue seatbelts go with the the
electric theme in fact that's another thing actually they've really bolstered
up on the i8roadster through the roads you've got the extra bit of juice on the
battery so we'll do 30 miles now on a full charge if you drive it solely in
electric mode also you'll notice on the doors is that they're frameless so the
i8 it's just insane and the doors are so light but this is all
stuff you guys already know because if you haven't watched my video on the i8
make sure you do but I'm really excited to drive this now so let's not mess
around
the roads out here are just stunning so
with the car being only 60 kilograms heavier that's it with the roof and I
think that's really impressive and you've got a credit BMW for that because
most cars when you do the convertible version you end up adding a significant
amount of weight I was talking to the guys last night and you know like the
difference I think between the 7 Series it adds an extra hundred fifty or kilos
but this doesn't feel it doesn't feel like it's lost any of the
characteristics that you get from the i8 and my word it's an engaging Drive
look at the roads
this is incredible
and the scenery look at the scenery around here
BMW UK you picked me an amazing route to drive this thing down
Wow
it's like a this is like a racetrack honestly it literally feels like a
racetrack although an almost dangerous racetrack because just over to the right
of me is a pretty hefty drop so obviously knowing this car is 124 thousand
pounds I value my life but it just it's not phased its
you get all that that low-end torque but a bit excited there you get all that
low-end torque because you've got the hybrid powered engine powering the front
of the car the 1.5 three cylinder engine powering the rear of the car and
combines together in sport it gives you so much of that torque low down but
flipping hell if you honestly want to drive honestly this this location is
unbelievable I'm hoping you guys are
seeing this on the camera now the amount of twisties I am here there are no words
another thing I know is that don't quote me on this because I'm not certain but
the the noise it sounds a lot more enhance it sounds it sells more throaty
it sounds deeper than when I drove the i8
the brakes are good as well they don't feel spongy
it's doing everything as is expected from a hybrid supercar performance
out here this is 100 percent of super car because people just look at
all they love it they love the lines they love the shape they love the fact
that it's a convertible in this kind of weather
it's just I'm enjoying myself a lot right now
what a car what a drive what a location what a trip this has
been incredible honestly from you know from the start from heading to the
airport so that you know the evening we had last night in the Beach Club and
honesty was just insanely good BMW have absolutely nailed it with this press
launch and I'm so glad that I could bring you guys along with me as well
there's a load more extra stuff on insta stories which I've overlaid a few of
them in this but if you haven't already follow me on Instagram because you see
it pretty much live in the moment so next steps what's next so normally in
these kind of situations I would just I would just end the video but as I said
that I'm bringing you guys along for the entire press launch the next thing that
we'll be doing is well I'll be heading back to the hotel I need to pack my bag
jumping on a flight back home here I need to meet up with mr. Joe Achilles
because Joe left his GoPro in the in the air while you left the GoPro out here
and he flew back to London a couple of days ago so I'm going to catch all the
him as well quickly let's do some packing let's have one last look at the
of the view because it would be rude not to
it is roasting over here guys so I think one of the things that we really should
talk about whilst I pack is it's one of the things with press trips as well is
that a lot of people will see the end the end video and oh my god that was
amazing and like all the Instagram stories but you are flat out you
literally off that topic cuz you've only got a limited amount of time with the
car I think a lot of people sometimes forget that the ia is only a 1.5 liter
engine and to have that kind of performance
0 - 60 in the Roadster 4.6 as opposed to the four point two in the
coupe a but that's that's rapid and if you consider the fact that the average
consumption is around 140 miles to the gallon with the hybrid technologies it's
it's great and there's nothing out there at the moment that rivals it so I think
I'm gonna end this here I don't think you guys want to see me
flying home back to the UK but you probably want to see me sign off here
instead in Valencia so yeah guys thank you thank you so much for watching I
hope you enjoyed the video of the i8 roadster around probably some of the
best roads I driven around ever it's been absolutely incredible BMW UK
smashed it I mean you know to pull this together it's been
incredible really well organised and a massive shout out to BMW UK of course but
yeah guys make sure to hit the like button it really does help the channel
and my name's Stef and I'll see you all very soon on the next one so thank you
very much for watching bye bye